pediment

Noun

Meaning

Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

parthenon gable frieze banister support ground rest base basis capital bottom floor seat bed ceiling
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Antonyms

acme service summit care peak maintenance
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Hypernyms

gable gable end gable wall

Related terms

frontispiece tympanum

Examples

Grandma, he had often wanted to say, Is this where the world began? For surely it had begun in no other than a place like this. The kitchen, without doubt, was the center of creation, all things revolved about it; it was the pediment that sustained the temple. Ray Bradbury

At either end of the building the pediment rises from the cornice, framed by moulding of similar form. Source: Internet

Church façades are generally surmounted by a pediment and organised by a system of pilasters, arches and entablatures. Source: Internet

At either end of the building the gable is finished with a triangular pediment originally filled with sculpture. Source: Internet

A tympanum is the decorated surface of a pediment. Source: Internet

Further alterations were made by Bernini including the façade pediment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pediluvy pedimane pedimanous pedimental pedimented pedinellid